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Someone San Franciscan decided to interpret this Coffee Mate ad’s suggestion of “add your style/flavor” as an invitation to do just that to the billboard itself. Unfortunately for the powdered liquid non-dairy creamer, this person’s personal style seems to be something involving the forces of Satan. Our headline is a little misleading, though. To be more accurate, the depiction is of a demonic pet “guardian.”

Last Saturday, ads-in-public-spaces activist Jordan Seiler spearheaded NYSAT, or New York Street Advertising Takeover, where teams of artists, videographers and activists replaced 120 unregistered billboard advertisements throughout the city with original art installations.

Some wily retailers would have you think the day after Thanksgiving is some sort of “Black Friday” where you’re supposed to get up before the roosters and claw with other shoppers over “amazing” deals. Actually, it’s really “Buy Nothing Day,” where, in solidarity with anti-consumers around the globe, you don’t spend any money at all. Some might argue you’re swapping one mob mentality for another, but at least one costs less.